Example sentences for: moratorium

How can you use “moratorium” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A Wall Street Journal editorial on Internet taxation takes the position that Bill Clinton is right to support a sales tax moratorium, and Trent Lott wrong to oppose it, because the Internet is "the business infrastructure of the future," and hence its growth shouldn't be "stifled" by taxes.

  • World nuclear powers are scrambling to defuse the India-Pakistan arms race . After Pakistan reportedly detonated six bombs in retaliation for the five detonated by India last month, Indian political leaders 1) suggested India would resume its "voluntary moratorium" on nuclear tests; 2) proposed a no-first-use treaty with Pakistan; and 3) urged talks on a "nondiscriminatory" world treaty to limit the nuclear programs of all nuclear powers.

  • Since a 1992 moratorium on underground testing, the government has used computer and nonnuclear explosive tests to check America's nuclear stockpile.

  • Writing in the Wall Street Journal on Dec. 6, John Simons and John Harwood identified Internet taxation as a "21 st century wedge issue" for George W. Bush, who says he wants to extend the moratorium but won't rule out Internet taxes in the future.

  • John McCain, R-Ariz., started taking out campaign ads touting his support for permanently extending a moratorium on Internet taxes and protecting children from pornography and other online content.


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